Lost but not forgotten???

Well it has been an eternity since I posted here, Sorry! Life is crazy at times and boring at others. I wish that it could all balance out. Life is getting better up here, a couple of girls from school, Emerson and I went to see New Moon the other night. It was fun but the Twilight premier with the 20 of us last year was a little more exciting! Holly was chosen as hottest girl at the table, Dariell hid in the bathroom to get us good seats and the rest of us rocked out to music on my phone in the freezing cold! Mandy booed and hissed through the whole thing while secretly lusting after Edward. So many wonderful memories! Terri and her girls, Jodi and Tori, Lisa, Joann, it was like I had all my favorite people in the world there with me! While life here is becoming easier, life in my wonderful hometown of Roy Utah will always be where my heart is!!!

Carving Punkins!

Adison got the biggest pumpkin he could carry. In fact it was so big it couldn't be weighed. All we know is that it weighs more than Lauren which is at least 33 lbs. He worked so hard on it!
Chloie rolled up her sleeves and dug right in. She wasn't afraid of the "yuck", and good old Emerson, he helped on Laurens for a bit. Lauren was a little reluctant to get her hands dirty!
But, she was allowed to do a little carving, and she really enjoyed that!
Emerson loved the goo, in fact he helped clean out Adison's as well, because it had a TON of guts inside of it. Some even looked like a skeleton. I tried to take a picture but it was too dark inside to see it.

My Children are Brilliant!

As parents we all love to brag about our kids. Blogging is like an open invitation to do just that, so hold on to your britches cause her I go! Adison is getting all A+ is his class and they moved him up to the "gifted and talented" math class. I am so proud of him. His lowest score was 112%. And Chloie, who is in 2nd grade, is on a 4th grade reading level. Emerson, well it is just a given that he is smart. Even thought he is a year younger than all the kids in his grade he scored "Advanced" all of his testing. Lauren, well she is naturally brilliant, just like her Daddy! Overall I am very proud of how smart, and yet funny they all are. They don't define themselves as the "smart" kids but the fun kids. Jeff and I are honored to be their parents and we hope that they will always enjoy learning and growing!

All Better

Well, I have calmed down and the bitterness has passed! Nothing has really changed but the support of my friends and amazing husband have helped my attitude! Thanks guys! Well now that I have used a million "!", school is starting to get busier for me. I have a 2000 words essay, a 1200 word essay and a midterm in geography. But it keeps me from wallowing in self pity to be busy, so I will keep it. Not much else going on, hopefully soon I will have something good to write about, but for now... I am at peace :)

Bitch and Moan!

I have to vent for a minute, so if you don't want to hear my rantings...STOP NOW! Otherwise, brace yourself! I am so irritated with the ward here, not one axillary organization has shown up at my house except the Young Men. I only know 3 ladies in the ward and 2 are in the presidency. The school's are just as bad. I volunteered at a Ice-cream social, hoping that I would get to know some of the parents while I was there. I stood next to 3 women and not one bothered to talk to me. I finally tried to make conversation and got shut down pretty fast as they took my topic and turned to each other to talk about it. excluding me once more. My kids are having the same problem, kinda. The parents wont let their kids play with mine until they met me. Fine I totally agree, but they also wont make anytime to meet me. No matter what they are always to busy meet or even talk on the damn phone! I feel like an outcast without any cause. I haven't meet my Bishop or counselors, maybe I was spoiled in Utah but really isn't that one of their duties? To welcome and get to know the new members. Chloie is suppose to get Baptized in about 2 months, good thing I am taking her to Idaho to do it! I have never had such harsh feelings toward any body in my life as I have towards the people of Moscow! Everyone said "you will love it there, everyone is SOOOO NICE!" Well apparently The Butler's don't fit in enough to be treated nicely, and it may be along time before I will try being nice to the jerks around here!

County Fair

So the county fair was this weekend and the kids were buggin us all week to go. So Friday after school we took them all to the fair. It was funny because Jeff had never been to a small fair before, in fact the only fair he had ever been to was the Utah State Fair. Needless to say it was shocking how "small" it really was. We weren't there long because the rides were 3-5 bucks each or we could buy wrist bands that were $25 each. Being the poor college students we are, we bought 30 bucks worth of tickets, and let the kids ride til they were gone (about 1 hour). It was an ok way to spend a Friday night, it could of been worse :)
Lauren and Jeff going for a ride in the "Jalopy cars" Good times, good times!
We bought elephant ears to eat, the kids weren't sure what to think until I bought them and explained they were just HUGE scones, covered with Cinnamon and sugar. After that they chowed down, (except Em, he doesn't like scones..WEIRD!) But Lauren loved them the most I think!

Humble....ME?

So I just have to toot my own horn a little. I am doing so much better in school than I thought I would! I was far from a good student in high school and I have been worried history would repeat itself. But so far I ROCK! I have aced all my quizzes and papers and my grades are throwing the curve high... to bad for the other suckers :) But it really is an accomplishment for me, ask my family, school was more for the social aspects never academic. Good thing that I am the old lady on campus with no time to socialize or things could be different. Again, there is a season for all things and my season is NOW! (because I am amazing in case you missed it)